# Sarah E. Coles, by Her Next Friend, Elizabeth Lashley Coles, (97-3104), (97-3082), Gene T. Tracey, (97-3104) v. Cleveland Board of Education

> Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · June 11, 1999 · 183 F.3d 538

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9492270

## Case

- **Full name:** Sarah E. COLES, by Her Next Friend, Elizabeth Lashley COLES, Plaintiff (97-3104), Plaintiff-Appellant (97-3082), Gene T. Tracey, Plaintiff-Appellant (97-3104), v. CLEVELAND BOARD OF EDUCATION, Et Al., Defendants-Appellees
- **Court:** Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
- **Decided:** June 11, 1999
- **Citations:** 183 F.3d 538; 1999 U.S. App. LEXIS 14986
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion of the court
- **Judges:** Boggs, Merritt, Ryan, Cole, Gilman, Nelson, Norris, Suhrheinrich, Siler, Batchelder, Martin
- **Cited by:** 6 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- stating that benedictions and invocations are proper so long as they do not exceed the scope of “the American civil religion”

## Opinion text

ORDER
The court having received a petition for rehearing en banc, and the petition having been circulated not only to the original panel membérs but also to all other active judges of this court, and less than a majority of the judges having favored the suggestion, the petition for rehearing has been referred to the original panel.
The panel has further reviewed the petition for rehearing and concludes that the issues raised in the petition were fully considered upon the original submission *539 and decision of the case. Accordingly, the petition is denied.

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